The Battle of Salamis
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Host Greg Jenner is joined by historian Professor Michael Scott and comedian Shappi Khorsandi to head back to 480BCE for one of history’s most notorious naval battles - The Battle of Salamis. On a journey through the events leading up to the battle and beyond we will uncover one of the most unique methods ever used to cross a body of water, one of the most spectacular deaths ever recorded and why sometimes it pays to give water a jolly good telling off.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:05.9 | Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a history podcast for everyone. |
| 0:09.7 | For people who don't like history, people who do like history and for people who forgot |
| 0:12.6 | to learn any at school. |
| 0:14.1 | My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster and I'm the chief nerd |
| 0:18.7 | on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories. |
| 0:21.3 | If you are a new recruit on the good ship You're Dead To Me, this podcast is all about |
| 0:25.1 | getting funny people and faculty people to row together in powerful unison. |
| 0:29.7 | And today we are climbing aboard our tri-reams, setting our watches for 480 BCE and setting |
| 0:35.5 | sale for the Mediterranean to get to grips with one of history's most notorious naval battles, |
| 0:40.4 | the Battle of Salamis. |
| 0:42.6 | And to help me do that, I'm joined by a returning crew of salty sea dogs, both of them on their |
| 0:47.8 | third voyage with us. |
| 0:50.0 | In History Corner, he's a classicist from the University of Warwick and author TV broadcaster |
| 0:54.8 | The Man who puts the pro in Professor. |
| 0:57.0 | He's already talked us through the Spartans and the Ancient Olympics, both of them available |
| 1:00.5 | on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:01.5 | It's the marvelous Professor Michael Scott, Hi Michael, how are you? |
| 1:04.4 | Hey Greg sending virtual hugs. |
| 1:07.3 | And in Comedy Corner, she's a stand-up, a novelist and even more of a cultural icon |
| 1:10.9 | the last time. |
| 1:11.9 | You'll have seen her on all the telly shows, including Live of the Apollo and I'm a celebrity |
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